Product News

Hose

Designed for both pressure and vacuum use, NEWFLEX®PVC hose comes in light-, standard-, and heavy-duty versions. A hard PVC spiral reinforcement lets the hose resist crushing and kinking while remaining flexible. Because the spiral is within the hose wall or on the outside surface, the transparent tubing's interior is smooth for maximum flow. ID ranges from 3/8 inch (light duty) to 4 inches (standard and heavy duty).

Connectors

Designed for embedded systems and real-time industrial processing equipment, AMP PC/104 and PC/104-Plus industry-standard connectors comply with the IEEE P996 requirements of the PC/104 Consortium. The PC/104 mezzanine-type connector implements a standard 104-position ISA bus with two dual rows of 0.1-inch-pitch contacts. The PC/104-Plus 120-position device has four rows of 2 mm-pitch contacts. Both are available in press-fit and through-hole versions.

Coating

DURALAN II A/R®anti-reflective coating helps improve light transmission and enhance contrast of flat-panel displays used in high-ambient-light conditions. The coating can be applied to the company's filters, which are 0.020 to 0.250 inch thick and as large as 22×44 inches.

Leveling
mounts

Leveling mounts from this company are available in a variety of base configurations, bolt sizes, and thread variations. The product consists of two interchangeable parts which are said to provide a wide range of leveling options. The mounts are available in nylon, steel, and stainless steel bases, and are said to offer an adjustment range of 20 to 120 mm, and to carry loads from 100 to 35,000 lbs.

Color LCD
monitor

The TFT15 is an active matrix, 15-inch XGA LCD monitor capable of displaying 16.7 million colors. Its resolution of 1,024×768 pixels makes it appropriate for applications such as kiosks, gaming machines, instrumentation, and office computers. Its total outline is 300×285×47 mm, and it is powered by a 12V source, with an adapter that allows universal input of 90 to 264V ac.

Graphics
card

The PMC GA2 is a graphics card for the rugged COTS market, based on the Permedia3 graphics accelerator from 3Dlabs. It has hardware-based anti-aliasing abilities, making it appropriate for applications in virtual instrumentation such as moving dials and gauges. And its graphics accelerator can generate 2 million textured polygons per second.

T
handles

T handles from this company are designed for cryogenic oxygen and inert liquids to reduce transfer hose connection time to liquid cylinders. The product attaches to the company's Ultimate Liquid Cylinder hose, and is made of 304 stainless steel. The handles are constructed in a 90-degree configuration to reduce stress on the hose, and are said to provide enough leverage for fast, leak-free connections without the use of tools.

Adhesives

900 Series methacrylate structural adhesives are designed for bonding thermoplastics, composites, FRP, metals, and dissimilar materials, while eliminating a reported 90% of the odor normally associated with this type of adhesive. The product is also said to be environmentally friendly, can be reground without having to cut the adhesive away from the part, and has been approved by major automobile manufacturers.

A few weeks ago, Ford Motor Co. quietly announced that it was rolling out a new wrinkle to the powerful safety feature called stability control, adding even more lifesaving potential to a technology that has already been very successful.

It won't be too much longer and hardware design, as we used to know it, will be remembered alongside the slide rule and the Karnaugh map. You will need to move beyond those familiar bits and bytes into the new world of software centric design.

People who want to take advantage of solar energy in their homes no longer need to install a bolt-on solar-panel system atop their houses -- they can integrate solar-energy-harvesting shingles directing into an existing or new roof instead.

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